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App-ID

App-ID enables you to see the applications on your network and learn how they work, their behavioral characteristics, and their relative risk. Applications and application functions are identified via multiple techniques, including application signatures, decryption (if needed), protocol decoding, and heuristics.

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App-ID

App-ID enables you to see the applications on your network and learn how they work, their behavioral characteristics, and their relative risk. Applications and application functions are identified via multiple techniques, including application signatures, decryption (if needed), protocol decoding, and heuristics.

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GopalMajumder
GopalMajumder
04-15-2025

APP ID

Hello Techie, I've one generic query related to aap id feature, one of the PA docs says it requires 4packets or 2000bytes to identify any single app... — Read more

posted in Next-Generation Firewall Discussions

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cmorris8990
cmorris8990
04-11-2025

Decryption: List of App-IDs that require decryption Contains a hyperlink

This is a re-post of an earlier post of mine that has been buried, but this time with a little more context. Is there already a central location whe... — Read more

posted in Next-Generation Firewall Discussions

636 3
MarcinJ
MarcinJ
04-04-2025

Clientless VPN to auto launch app Contains a hyperlink

I have just found topic in knowledgebase regarding auto launching application for globalprotect clientless access - if there is just one app and URL b... — Read more

1 posted in GlobalProtect Discussions

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PS007
PS007
03-03-2025

How to trigger a "Response page" on Palo Alto NGFWs using URL filtering & Decryption Contains an attachment Contains a hyperlink

Hi All, I want to share my experience on very latest configuration I did in my company Firewall infra. With the genAI evolution & most of the com... — Read more

posted in Next-Generation Firewall Discussions

656 0
JakubSobieraj
JakubSobieraj
02-03-2025

DAG object matching app-id as a destination address Contains an image

Hello there, I'm reviewing some security policies and came across something peculiar. I'm curious why a DAG would be used as a destination address t... — Read more

posted in Next-Generation Firewall Discussions

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